N¼nNp«³.sWäv tKmhq«n sbm¶qhnsW S`]n St`mXnsNm* tImSn¨p.
“”AkÄ D_§m³. Wns¶ N*nt« D_§q F¶pw b_ªn^n¡pkm]n^p¶p..”” ^mVnN]m\Sv b_ªSp.
“”Cs¸m A¦n k¶ntÃ. CWn Fsâ sbm¶qhv D_§nt¡m t«m””
“”A¦nÄ H^p bm«v bmXn¯¶ sbm¶qhv D_§mw..””AkÄ In\p§ns¡m* b_ªp.
“”At¿..CknXpt¶m.. Cu Bânt]ms¡ A¦nansW Nan]m¡pw. “”
“”bänÃ..A¦nÄ bmXn]mt` sbm¶qhv D_§q..”” AkÄ kmlnbnXn¨psNm*p b_ªp. Ak³ Z]mW]psX fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n. AkÄ H¶v bp©n^n¡pN fm{Sfm\v sI]vSSv.
Ak³ B NpªnWptk*n H^p ftWmi^fm] Sm^m«pbm«p kas^ tWÀ¯ lЯn bmXn. Aksâ H^p fqa fSn]m]n^p¶p B Npªnsâ N®pNÄ Wn{U bqNm³.. Aksâ lÐfmVp^y¯n Z]mW]pw ^mVnN]pw `]n¨p tbm]n. tKmhq«n l^n¡pw H^ÛpS fWpgyWm\v F¶nkÀ¡p tSm¶n.
“”tZmÎÀ F´v b_ªp tI¨n”” Ak³ ^mVnNt]mXm]n tImSn¨p.
“”Npjt¸m¶qÃX..sbs«¶v Nm`mkØ fm_n]t¸m D*m]Sm. k¶t¸m WÃtbms` Ip«psbmÅp¶p*m]n^p¶p. H^p tZmhv f^p¶v sNmXp¯t¸m Ss¶ Np_ªp. Cs¸m N*ntÃ. Wmsa tbm] fSns]¶v tZmÎÀ b_ªSpsNm*m..Wn§av sbm]vt¡m. Ct{Sw ^m{Sn]m]ntÃ..”” ^mVnN b_ªp.
sbs«¶v Z]mW]psX tcm¬ _nRv sI¿vSp. bm¸]m\v AsS¶p AkÄ¡p fWhn`m]n. C{StW^fm]n Nm\m¯sNm*p knan¡p¶Sm..AkÄ tcm¬ Aä³Zv sI]vSp.
“”FknXm tfmsa Wo..F{S tW^m]v..”” sc^v\m*hnsâ hz^w.
“”Mm³ timhvbnä`n`m b¸m..W½psX Hmcohns` ^mVnN tI¨osX tfmÄ¡v H^p bWn. Nm\m³ k¶Sm. tKmhq«n]pfp*. Mm³ Aksâ NqsX kt¶mam.. M§Ä Cs¸m Ss¶ C_§pw. “” AkÄ b_ªp.
“”WnWs¡¶p SpX§n Cu lo`§sams¡..”” b¸]psX hz^¯n BÝ^yw.
“”tbm..b¸m..Nan]m¡msS..”” AkÄ ASpw b_ªp tcm¬ sk¨v. AkÄ tKmhq«ns] tWm¡n H¶v In^n¨p. AkWpw.
“”fv…l^n tI¨n. M§Ä C_§pkm. Wmsa tI¨n `okv FXpNv. ZnhvImÀKv sI¿pt¼m Fs¶ knan¡\w. Mm³ k¶p sNmt*mNmw..”” tKmhq«n sbm¶qhnsW sdZv[n NnX¯nsNm*p b_ªp. Ak³ B sWän]n kmÕ`ybqÀkw H^p IpwdWkpw WÂNn.
“”fv.. l^n..Mm³ knan¡mw..”” ^mVnN f_pbXn b_ªp.
“”l^n tI¨n. Ft´`pw Bklyw k¶m knan¨ fSn. “” Z]mW]pw ]m{S b_ªp.
timhvbnä`n Wn¶pw tKmhq«n]pw AksW Ipän¸nXn¨p Z]mW]pw Aksâ dpÅän ]m{S]mkp¶Sv ^mVnN _qfnsâ KWm`]n`qsX tWm¡n N¼nNp«³.sWäv